https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/insula/Recent content in Insula on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceThu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/neuroscience-of-enmeshment/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/neuroscience-of-enmeshment/<h1 id="the-neuroscience-of-enmeshment--how-blurred-boundaries-rewire-your-brain">The Neuroscience of Enmeshment — How Blurred Boundaries Rewire Your Brain</h1> <p><img alt="The neuroscience of enmeshment, default mode network fusion — Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/neuroscience-of-enmeshment-slot1.webp"></p> <p>The neuroscience of enmeshment begins with a specific circuit failure. The default mode network, anterior cingulate cortex, and insular cortex — the three systems that together build your sense of a bounded, felt self — are retrained by chronic family-system fusion to operate as though there is no edge between you and the people who raised you. Adult children of enmeshed families carry that wiring for decades.</p>